The 2021 college football coaching carousel was one of the wildest ever, as some of the biggest jobs in the sport were filled. We saw Brian Kelly leave Notre Dame for LSU, Lincoln Riley leave Oklahoma for USC and Mario Cristobal take the Miami job, leaving Oregon to do so.
As a result of so many big-name hires this year, we saw a multitude of head coaches rewarded for staying put at their respective schools. James Franklin at Penn State and Mel Tucker at Michigan State both received new contracts after their names were linked to some of the job openings.